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The Claremont Diner in Oakland. Vanishing America? Photo: The Chronicle

Top stories on this non-snowy California morning: Ruth Reichl reflects on the vanishing American food landscape of diners that haven’t been touched by Guy Fieri. Citizen’s Band brings an updated version of that to SoMa. Safeway gets sued. Cindy Pawlcyn brings her signatures south. Why do old people like to drink coffee with burgers?

From the local scene:

Stacy Finz is on A-1 this morning with a story about a Safeway lawsuit from a customer who wasn’t alerted about a product recall. [San Francisco Chronicle]

Ruth Reichl goes to Clifton’s Cafeteria in LA and gets philosophical: “It felt comfortable in that room, despite the sign that warned that tables could be occupied for only 45 minutes, and it made me sad to think of all the people who were grabbing something to go at a drive-up window and gobbling it down in their cars. Even in the middle of downtown Los Angeles – which is a fairly sad place early in the morning – this was a restaurant that has true nourishment on offer. Looking around I wondered how long it will last? It seems like a quickly vanishing part of the American landscape.” [Reichl]

Oh boy: There’s going to be a documentary about Paul Liebrandt, called A Mouthful. [Eater]